Hospital operating room



Oct. 13,1927, PM BURGESS 1,645,520

HOSPITAL OPERATING ROQM Filed Sept. 7. I926 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE,

PEARL M. BURGESS, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO PEAR-L M. BURGESS AND JOSEPH BLACK-KER, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM- NAME OF. BURGESS AND BLACHER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM.

Application filed September 7, 1928.

This invention relates to a hospital operating room used during daylight, the operators station being located in close proximity to a window, to secure sufficient light. It 1s customary to heat the room by a radiator located close to the wall and below the window, air from the lower portion of the room being heated by and ascendlng from the radiator.

The object of the invention 1s to protect the operator from radiated heat, and the same time, maintain the air n the vlclnity of the operator and a patient 111 a un formly warmed condition, without subjecting the operator and the patient to drafts of air.

This object is attained by the construction and combination hereinafter described and claimed. I

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 shows in perspectlve, and partly in section, portions of the wall of an operating room and of a window there n a radiator, and the semi-partition hereinafter described.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horlzontal section, on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, a designates an outer wall of an operating room, and b a window therein. 0 designates a radiator located below the window and at the inner side of the wall above the floor e. a: designates an operating table, located at the operator s station. The length of the radiator, is usually about equal to the width of the window.

Interposed between the radiator and the operators station, is a substantiallyvertical semi-partition, separated by an air space from the window and radiator, the height of the partition being such that its upper end is considerably above the operators head, and below the ceiling of the room. The upper portion of the partition is of lighttransmitting construction, so that light from the window may be transmitted to the operators station. This portion preferably includes horizontal frame members 12, vertical frame members 18, and glass panes 15, Sup ported by the frame members. The end Serial No. 133,762.

panes 15 may be set in frames connected by vertical hinges 19 with the end members 13, as shown by Figure 1. The lower portion of the partition is of sectional construction, permitting access to the radiator, for the purpose of cleaning the same, it being essential that the surfaces of the radiator be kept free from dust and dirt. This portion preferably includes the lower.horizontal frame member 12, a bottom horizontal frame member 16, extensions 13 of four of the vertical members '13, panels 17 slidable horizontally in overlapping relation with each other between the lower member 12 and the bottom member 16, and panels 17 connected by vertical hinges 18 with the extensions 13 of two of the vertical members 13. Each panel may be displaced to expose a portion of the radiator and permit the removal of dust from the surfaces of the exposed portion thereof, the arrangement being such that all portions of the radiator are accessible.

The partition is adapted to permit air in the lower portion of the room to flow into the lower end of the air space containing the radiator, the air flowing upward over the surfaces of the radiator, and over the upper end of the partition, into the upper portion of the room. I prefer to thus adapt the partition by elevating the bottom frame member 16, thereof, above the floor, thus providing air passages under the partition, as shown by Figures 1 and 2. The partition as described, is adapted to be fitted in the inner side of an embrasure, the vertical end walls of which are designated by f f, the window I) being fitted in the outer side of the embrasure. The window I), the portion of the wall at below the window, the end walls f of the embrasure, and the partition, collectively constitute a verticle flue, the lower end of which receives air from the lower portion of the room, the height of the flue being determined by the height of the partition.

I claim:

1. A vertical semi-partition supported in the partition, the upper portion of the partition being of light-transmitting construction, While its lower portion includes movable sect-ions normally closing said portion and displaceable to form openings therein permitting cleaning access to the radiator.

2. A vertical semi-partition as specified tion being abutted against the vertical sides 10 01": an embrasure containing the Window and radiator.

In testnnon signature.

y whereof I have a'fiixed my PEARL M. BURGESS. 

